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Comal ISD Meets March 31 and April 28 at 6 p.m. at the CISD District Office, 1404 N. I-35, New Braunfels. 830-221-2000 • www.comalisd.org New Braunfels ISD Meets March 7 and April 11 at 7 p.m. at the NBISD Administration Center, 1000 N. Walnut Ave., New Braunfels. 830-643-5705 • www.nbisd.org MEETINGSWE COVER STATE HIGHLIGHT The Texas Education Agency in January began the process of reviewing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for social studies. Suggestions will be presented to the state education board this summer. NUMBER TOKNOW unused staffing funds to award one- time bonuses of $1,000 for full-time staff and $500 for part-time staff. $500-$1,000 The New Braunfels ISD board of trustees voted Feb. 7 to allocate QUOTEOFNOTE “WE’REREQUESTING APPROXIMATELY 65 CAMPUS-LEVEL POSITIONS. THESE POSITIONSARE NEEDED INORDERTO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTED 1,600NEW STUDENTS FORTHE 2022-23 SCHOOLYEAR.” BOBBI SUPAK, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR COMAL ISD, DURING A FEB. 24 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Comal ISD board of trustees backs away frompossibleMay 2022 bond election
BOND HISTORY
Comal ISD has passed several bonds in recent years aimed at constructing new schools and maintaining facilities.
NBISD pauses construction on new elementary school ballot, but items that would have provided funding for recreational and stadium facilities throughout the district failed. During the regular Jan. 27 board meeting, trustees evalu- ated three bond options. “We’re not seeing a districtwide appetite for voters to come out and have this election,” said Steve COMAL ISD After several months of discussion, the Comal ISD board of trustees during a Feb. 15 workshop voted to postpone a proposed May bond election. The board had previously consid- ered calling a May bond to cover items that failed to pass in the November bond, but ultimately reconsidered. In November, voters approved three of five propositions that were on the NEWBRAUNFELS ISD Six months after breaking ground on a new elementary school, New Braunfels ISD officials have tempo- rarily halted construction. The school, slated to be built at the former location of the Ninth Grade Center at 659 S. Guenther Ave., was approved through the district’s 2018 bond program. The campus will replace Carl Schurz and Seele elementary schools to serve 850 students.
Stanford, assistant superintendent of communications and organizational alignment, about the bond’s prospects. Several of the proposed projects would have been used to complete campuses, such as the stadium expan- sion at Davenport High School, while others were connected to projects passed in previous bonds. The district is already planning a potential bond in May 2023 to con- struct new schools to keep up with the rapid growth in the region, Stanford said. District officials estimate the district has a bond capacity of $400 million without raising tax rates, Stanford said. The district has not determined which projects might be included in a May 2023 bond.
2015
Voters approved a $147.4MILLION bond package.
2017
Voters approved a $263.5MILLION bond package.
2021
Voters approved a $411.3MILLION bond package.
SOURCE: COMAL ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
12 candidates vie for NBISD, CISD positions COMAL ANDNEWBRAUNFELS ISDS After the filing period for the upcoming May 7 election closed Feb. 18, a total of 12 candidates filed for two Comal ISD and three New Braunfels ISD trustee positions. In New Braunfels ISD, six candi- dates filed for the District 1 and two at-large positions that will be on the ballot in May. Comal ISD single-member Districts 6 and 7 are up for election this year. Two candidates have filed for District 6, and four filed for District 7. Neither incumbent filed for re-election.
COMBINING CAMPUSES The new elementary school was designed to replace Carl Schurz and Seele elementary schools by combining students.
Cost $27.36M Up to 850 students
2-story building Slated to open Aug. 23
SOURCE: NEW BRAUNFELS ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
In a Feb. 23 communication to parents, NBISD Superintendent Cade Smith said the district issued a temporary stop-work order after a demographer’s study highlighted growth elsewhere in the district.
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